Albinism

= ﻿ ﻿What is Albinism﻿?=

People get Albinism from inheritance of ressesive gene alleles. Albinism affects humans, plants and animals. One person in 17,000 in America has some type of Albinism. Most people that were born as albinos had parents with normal hair and eye color. It can affect people from all ra﻿ces. Albinism does not limit people from learning but normally people feel soacially isolated when they have it. For a child to be born with Albinism, both of their parents must carry the albinism gene. If a person has one gene for normal pigmentation and one gene for albinism that person will have enough normal pigment to not have albinism. If a person has to genes for albinism and no gene for normal pigmentation, that person will have albinism. A squirrel with Albinism A zebra with Albinism A girl with Albinism

=What are the symptoms of Albinism?= People with Albinisms have to be more cautious when they are under the sun. They have a greater chance of gettings sunburned or getting skin cancer. The reason why they have a greater chance for these are because they don't have enough melanin. Melanin protec﻿ts our skin but since they don't have any they are not protected. People with Albinism have pink or redish eyes, but can also have blue or brown eyes. People with Albinism have very pale skin. This is because they have little or no pigment in their skin. The same reason applies to why Albinos have very light hair. Another symptom of Albinism is vision problems. This means that Albinos have poor vision, a vision defect that makes images and objets look distorted, sensitivity to bright light, rapid movements in the eyes, crossed eyes, a lazy eye, a squint, and/or far sighted or near sightedness.

The sun is very dangerous to animals, people, and plants with Albinism.

=How can Albinism be treated?=

﻿There is no way to get rid of Albinism while you have it. We can however try to make the situation better. For starters, people with Albinism would need to put on a lot of sunscreen. That will help them become less vulnerable to the sun and decrease their chance of getting sun burned or getting skin cancer. Another thing that Albinos can do is avoid as much sun as possible. That will completely take away the risk of sunburn and skin cancer, also they can wear clothing that covers up as much skin as possible. The next treatment is for them to wear UV protected sunglasses. Wearing the sunglasses will relieve light sensitivity. Another known tratent for Albinism is to get eye muscle surgery. This will correct the abnormal eye movements.